About this edition

Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp & others: The Apostolic Fathers — a complete modern English translation made in 2026 by Scriptorium Press directly from the original language, free to read online, free to download (EPUB and plain text), and free to listen to. 34 books; about 83,002 words. The translation was produced by a Claude model fleet and checked against the original; the audiobook is read by a synthetic voice, and both say so.

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Chapters

• Didache — 1-16
• 1 Clement — preface-15
• 1 Clement — 16-31
• 1 Clement — 32-46
• 1 Clement — 47-62
• 1 Clement — 63-65
• 2 Clement — 1-16
• 2 Clement — 17-20
• Ignatius to the Ephesians — praef-21
• Ignatius to the Magnesians — praef-15
• Ignatius to the Trallians — praef-13
• Ignatius to the Romans — praef-10
• Ignatius to the Philadelphians — praef-11
• Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans — praef-13
• Ignatius to Polycarp — praef-8
• Polycarp to the Philippians — praef-14
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — praef-22
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — epilogus_alius
• Epistle of Barnabas — 1-6
• Epistle of Barnabas — 7-12
• Epistle of Barnabas — 13-21
• Shepherd of Hermas, Visions — Vision 1 1-Vision 3 2
• Shepherd of Hermas, Visions — Vision 3 3-Vision 3 12
• Shepherd of Hermas, Visions — Vision 3 13-Vision 5 1
• Shepherd of Hermas, Mandates — Mandate 1 1-Mandate 6 1
• Shepherd of Hermas, Mandates — Mandate 6 2-Mandate 10 3
• Shepherd of Hermas, Mandates — Mandate 11 1-Mandate 12 6
• Shepherd of Hermas, Similitudes — Similitude 1 1-Similitude 5 3
• Shepherd of Hermas, Similitudes — Similitude 5 4-Similitude 6 5
• Shepherd of Hermas, Similitudes — Similitude 7 1-Similitude 8 7
• Shepherd of Hermas, Similitudes — Similitude 8 8-Similitude 9 6
• Shepherd of Hermas, Similitudes — Similitude 9 7-Similitude 9 14
• Shepherd of Hermas, Similitudes — Similitude 9 15-Similitude 9 27
• Shepherd of Hermas, Similitudes — Similitude 9 28-Similitude 10 4